Max length : 25.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6181); common length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6181)
Length at first maturity
, range 15 -
Environment
Bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 914 - 1646 m (Ref. 5951)
Climate / Range
Deep-water; 47°N - 35°S, 180°W - 180°E
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters. The southernmost Indian Ocean occurrence (28°08'S, 49°06'E) was based on an unpublished record (R/V VITYAZ-II, station 2781). Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Short description
Dorsalspines
(total): 20 - 21;
Dorsalsoft rays
(total): 16 - 19;
Analspines: 1;
Analsoft rays: 15 - 19;
Vertebrae: 36 - 38. Body greatly elongated and compressed. Mouth large with fang-like teeth. Tips of both jaws with dermal processes. Color is blackish brown; dorsal and anal fins pale brown; buccal and branchial cavities and peritoneum black.
Oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 47377), migrating to the surface at night (Ref. 6181). Feeds on myctophids and other small fishes, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 6181). Matures at 15 cm SL (Ref. 36731).
